nice story Rob. I remember you telling us about those walnuts. That is a beautiful ride as I recall.
If you need any help on these food rides let me know. ~Mike~ On Sep 15, 7:09 am, Robert Perks <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday made my first walnut run of the year. One of the things love > doing on my long rides is finding wild things that are good to eat, > California is the state of fruits and nuts after all. I know of a tree near > the top of one of my favorite loops, that seems to always come ripe a bit > early. This year I am running a bit behind with the new baby and all and > thought might be a bit late. Those of you that made it up to Ventura > earlier this year for the SoCal Rivendel Appreciation ride will recognise > some of the views. > > The ride starts out on the local river/rail trail for 7 or 8 miles then the > rout hooks east for 8 or 9 mile of beautiful but hot dirt climbing. The > views are incredible, and the persisting fog this year had cut loose to > clear blue skies. Depending on the line of sight you could see the Channel > Islands, well past Lake Casitas and haze free views of all the mountains > above Ojai. The Roadeo performed fantastically. > > Around mile 5 of the climb I was taking a water break and thinking how well > my berthoud saddle had been breaking in, it was great out of the box, but > seemed to be softening up, to the point where I was thinking of playing with > the adjusting screw. Closer inspection during the break revealed that the > attachment screws were actually working loose. Thankfully had the heavy > Alien tool with me and it had the little Allen key required to tighten > them. Todays project is locktight. That was the closest thing to a > mechanical had all day. > > As I was climbing and gaining on the tree, could not help but notice how > many other types of trees had gone to fruit and already started dropping. I > thought for sure I was going to be too late this year. Then, after mile 7, > and almost to the point of asking "are we there yet" out loud there it was, > fruit still on the tree. It has been a cold year and I was actually a bit > early. I was able to gather up about 5 lbs or so of green nuts before I ran > out of bag space, walnuts in an Acorn. If you have never had raw walnuts it > is a bit of an acquired taste, but they are fantastic, 2 or 3 feel like a > satisfying snack, they are tender and more bitter than what you buy at the > store, soo good. > > With the catch in the bags it was time to summit and make the decent. The > extra load was noticeable for sure but not as big a problem as my lack of > enough water. The summit came soon and then for the best descent in the > county, sorry no pictures there I was not stopping to smell the roses, it > was time to get the bottle filled. The rest of the ride home was beautiful, > I took a new route, for me, along Creek Road, nice but fast traffic. > > Great ride and a much needed break away from the day to day stuff, next up > pomegranates and maybe prickly pear...... > > Pics here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/rperks1/sets/72157624833772123/ > > Rob > Ventura, Ca -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
